Writing Walk-In Service

The Graduate Writing Service

Fall 2016 Hours

First day of operations: September 26th
Last day of operations: December 2nd
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Graduate writing consultants – experienced writers and teachers
of writing from multiple disciplines – are available weekdays and evenings to discuss specific pieces of writing or questions about writing.

Cornell graduate students can request appointments from time to time or on a regular basis when they want one-on-one support to refine and develop strategies for drafting and revising effective scholarly writing.

During a GWS session, graduate writing consultants
may help writers to:

get started with writing projects by brainstorming organizational schemes,evaluating research materials, defining research questions.

explore ways to shape coherent arguments, make strong use of evidence, work with appropriate citation conventions.

identify patterns of errors in grammar or usage in order to develop effective strategies for line-editing.

Although graduate writing consultants are happy to address large issues of focus and organization, they can only work with small portions of text (no more than 10 pages) during a typical 60-minute session.